Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

‘Tolerance kit’ to test your 3D printer’s capabilities

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 29, 2013

3DKitBash’s tolerance chips are designed to let you know the capabilities of your machine 3DKitBash, a small group of professional toy developers, want to help Makers to build better, and…

Custom furniture design made simple through automation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 30, 2013

Tabluka is a new concept that allows consumers to customise and personalise their furniture, using online tools. Each table is a flat-pack, quick self-assembly unit, requiring no tools or screws…

Mataerial, the 3D printer with ‘anti-gravity’ ability to change the way we build

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 30, 2013

Whatever your initial thoughts (“an assembly robot throwing up churros with two paint-strippers baking it…”, “Giant frickin’ 3Doodler“), Mataerial is an intriguing prospect for the direction of 3D printing. A…

How to get noticed at a graduate degree show

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 3, 2013

Want to stand out among all this lot? Rushing to finish off your final year university project? Then work fast, but don’t forget that graduate shows are your window of…

Miniature heroes to play it out in 3D Print Cup

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 4, 2013

Organisers of the 3D Print Cup are wanting you to design your ultimate action hero, in return they’ll print out your creation, and enter it into a fight to the…

Live webinar: SpaceClaim in manufacturing, 20 June

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 5, 2013

Having already put together a special report on how manufacturing companies are using SpaceClaim, we’re co-hosting a webinar on the topic. Our very own Editor in Chief Al Dean, and…

Behind closed doors: Ford’s secretive technology centre

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 6, 2013

Stephen Holmes ventures into Ford's secretive base in Germany to uncover how it is utilising 3D printing and VR to bring its global design strategy to life

MakerBot – taking it to the masses

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 7, 2013

Stephen Holmes recently caught up with MakerBot Industries' co-founder and CEO Bre Pettis at the company's store in New York

Sir Paul Smith: Workspace of the creative

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 10, 2013

Sir Paul with one ofmany stacks of books, and a paper mache rabbit This morning we were lucky enough to be squashed, shoulder to shoulder, with the British fashion legend…

Microsoft Surface Pro: artists impression of a tool for design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 12, 2013

Building an art installation, called ‘Soft Array’, from 80 inter-connected Windows 8 devices might seem a little out of our purview, but it gave us a chance to view the…